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ROCES DORRONSORO, Elena; LEMUS VIDAL, Mónica  e  MONTERO CRUZ, Sergio Adrián. The carotid body in glucose homeostasis. Rev Cubana Invest Bioméd [online]. 2016, vol.35, n.2. ISSN 0864-0300.

Changes in glucose levels in the peripheral or central blood are detected by sensors located on glucose: hypothalamic nuclei, the pancreas, the nucleus tractus solitarius, the hepatic portal system and carotid body receptors. The carotid body or glomus caroticum is a chemosensory organ located bilaterally in the vicinity of the bifurcation of the common carotid. The carotid bodies are polymodal sensors, which detect levels of oxygen, pH, carbon dioxide, temperature, osmolarity, potassium, glucose and insulin in the blood that irrigates. The objective of this review is to describe the work done by Ramon Alvarez-Buylla and colleagues in the Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology at the University Center for Biomedical Research at the University of Colima, and other researchers, related to the study of the carotid bodies in homeostasis glucose. CCs respond to hypoglycaemia through depletion adenosine triphosphate, or to changes in pH and PO2 without depletion adenosine triphosphate. It is increasingly evident that CCs play an important physiological role in the homeostasis of this carbohydrate, and hypoxic stress exerts a tonic influence on the secretion of various neurotransmitters and hormones such as arginine vasopressin, nitric oxide, neurotrophic factor derived from brain gamma-aminobutyric acid, glucagon, cortisol and others involved in the central processing contrarregulatorios mechanisms in glucose homeostasis. CCs initiate counter-regulatory responses to hypoglycemia involving the pituitary, adrenal, pancreas and the sympathetic system.

Palavras-chave : carotid body homeostasis; glucose.

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